Author Topic: Solved NIC#1002 - Old Mill Special based on Jaguar XK150 (Read 1088 times)

nicanary · « **on:** November 17, 2018, 06:42:03 AM »

What was this car called, and what is the base car?

nicanary · « **Reply #1 on:** December 09, 2018, 06:05:38 AM »

Experts?

tobytwirl · « **Reply #2 on:** December 09, 2018, 07:03:54 AM »

Anything to do with SS?

nicanary · « **Reply #3 on:** December 09, 2018, 07:20:51 AM »

Quote from: tobytwirl on December 09, 2018, 07:03:54 AM

Anything to do with SS?

There is a slight connection.

tobytwirl · « **Reply #4 on:** December 10, 2018, 07:31:33 AM »

Is there more of a connection with Jaguar?

nicanary · « **Reply #5 on:** December 10, 2018, 08:17:20 AM »

Quote from: tobytwirl on December 10, 2018, 07:31:33 AM

Is there more of a connection with Jaguar?

Yes

. That's why I said a slight connection!

tobytwirl · « **Reply #6 on:** December 11, 2018, 08:13:02 PM »

British?

nicanary · « **Reply #7 on:** December 12, 2018, 04:11:34 AM »

Quote from: tobytwirl on December 11, 2018, 08:13:02 PM

British?

I wish I knew. I have Googled it and Google Imaged it and can find nothing.

It was either built outside the UK or built in the UK on a LHD chassis - whatever, it is presently registered in a country outside the UK.

tobytwirl · « **Reply #8 on:** December 12, 2018, 02:48:57 PM »

Do we know any more about the photo - is it early 60s - and is it competing eg on a hillclimb.

nicanary · « **Reply #9 on:** December 12, 2018, 03:03:44 PM »

Quote from: tobytwirl on December 12, 2018, 02:48:57 PM

Do we know any more about the photo - is it early 60s - and is it competing eg on a hillclimb.

It's my belief that this is a fairly recent photo, made to look more period.

tobytwirl · « **Reply #10 on:** December 12, 2018, 08:07:55 PM »

Yes those wheels do look a bit wider than you would expect. So we have a modern incarnation of a "vintage" car with an SS grille and Jaguar power. Is there more information to be had - is the chassis known? Is it Jaguar?

nicanary · « **Reply #11 on:** December 13, 2018, 04:02:16 AM »

Quote from: tobytwirl on December 12, 2018, 08:07:55 PM

Yes those wheels do look a bit wider than you would expect. So we have a modern incarnation of a "vintage" car with an SS grille and Jaguar power. Is there more information to be had - is the chassis known? Is it Jaguar?

I know the base car and its date of origin, and the probable date it was recreated as the puzzle car. It is a production Jaguar model.

tobytwirl · « **Reply #12 on:** December 14, 2018, 06:14:38 AM »

nicanary · « **Reply #13 on:** December 14, 2018, 07:33:31 AM »

Quote from: tobytwirl on December 14, 2018, 06:14:38 AM

XJ6?

Earlier.

D-type · « **Reply #14 on:** December 14, 2018, 11:56:53 AM »

Mk VII?

nicanary · « **Reply #15 on:** December 14, 2018, 03:09:15 PM »

Quote from: D-type on December 14, 2018, 11:56:53 AM

Mk VII?

Slightly later

tobytwirl · « **Reply #16 on:** December 14, 2018, 03:36:06 PM »

Mk 9? Is it's resemblance to an Atalanta relevant?

nicanary · « **Reply #17 on:** December 14, 2018, 03:57:57 PM »

Quote from: tobytwirl on December 14, 2018, 03:36:06 PM

Mk 9? Is it's resemblance to an Atalanta relevant?

Not a Mk 9, more sporting than that. No Atalanta connection AFAIK.

tobytwirl · « **Reply #18 on:** December 14, 2018, 08:43:43 PM »

Not an XK 140/150?

tobytwirl · « **Reply #19 on:** December 14, 2018, 09:19:45 PM »

Yes it is ... it's the XK150 Old Mill Special, presumably based on a '57 car and built in 1989.

nicanary · « **Reply #20 on:** December 15, 2018, 05:25:02 AM »

Quote from: tobytwirl on December 14, 2018, 09:19:45 PM

Yes it is ... it's the XK150 Old Mill Special, presumably based on a '57 car and built in 1989.

Indeed it is, and I presume the same dates since those are mentioned on the caption. There doesn't seem to be anything else on the net about the car, although no doubt someone will say otherwise. I think the registration plate is German.

Something in the back of my memory links the "Old Mill" to a Jaguar specialist of yore, although I'm probably wrong.

Well found.

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Author Topic: Solved NIC#1002 - Old Mill Special based on Jaguar XK150 (Read 1088 times)